“The day I met Daniel Everidge was the second day of rehearsal,” Barksdale said. “It was funny; after talking, it turns out that we know all of the same people in all the same circles, and we graduated high school the same year — I knew people at his high school (North East School of the Arts) and he knew people at mine (Jefferson High School). But we never knew each other.”

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Barksdale, who maintained a busy schedule in San Antonio as a performer and music director, made the big move to New York earlier this year for “Fat Camp,” a musical comedy following one summer at a weight loss camp.

“It's about loving yourself and being who you are despite what other people may tell you,” said Barksdale, who has been involved with the show since a 2010 workshop staging.

He's part of the ensemble; Everidge, who did not respond to requests for an interview, plays one of the lead roles.

“I feel like the show itself is the strongest it's been,” Barksdale said. “It's at its most cohesive. It's never been a matter of making it funny; it's been a matter of making it make sense.”

As it happens, yet another San Antonio-bred actor was rehearsing a show in the same building where Barksdale and Everidge were working on “Fat Camp.”